How to Find Housing

Welcome, prospective applicants. HPD offers a wide variety of programs that create newly constructed or renovated affordable rental housing throughout the five boroughs. HPD and its partners use city subsidies and other financing tools to make these apartments affordable to low-, moderate-, and middle-income individuals and families.

Note: This page focuses on rental opportunities. If you are looking to purchase a home, co-op, or condo please visit our Homebuyers section .

NYC Housing Connect: Affordable Housing Rental Lotteries

Through Housing Connect, you can view housing lotteries that are currently accepting applications, create and update your account profile, and submit applications to lotteries for which you may qualify.

If you would like to receive an e-mail when future opportunities arise, please create an account on Housing Connect. Your email will automatically be added to our distribution list.

If you wish to apply with a paper application instead, please click on the Search tab in Housing Connect where you will be presented with a list of all developments currently accepting applications. Click on the name of each project to view the advertisement. Each advertisement contains instructions for requesting a paper application for that particular lottery. You do not need to create an account to view advertisements.

To hear information about housing lotteries in different languages, please call one of these numbers:

• English: 212-863-5610
• Español (Spanish): 212-863-5620
• 广东话 (Cantonese): 212-863-8925
• Kreyol Ayisyien (Creole): 212-863-8939
• 한국어 (Korean): 212-863-8979
• 普通话 (Mandarin): 212-863-8924
• Русский (Russian): 212-863-8936

City-Subsidized Rental Opportunities

The below is a complete list of rental opportunities currently accepting applications, some of which are not available via Housing Connect. Please view the advertisements for information on how to apply.